A sting dubbed “Operation Net Nanny” in Grant County has resulted in the arrests of seven alleged child sexual predators. The sting occurred over several days as part of Washington State Patrol’s ...

A Union Gap man will be retried in August on charges he sought to have sex with a teenage girl he met online. Hayden Aaron Erlandson’s trial earlier this month on charges of second-degree child rape ...

State Senator Lisa Wellman (D-Mercer Island) drafted legislation to lower penalties on would-be child sex seekers who are caught in online stings referred to as “net nanny” operations. She even ...

Nov. 13—A multi-agency operation identifying subjects allegedly involved in the sexual abuse and exploitation of children has led to 15 recent arrests, the Washington State Patrol announced Monday.

A suspect in a 2019 online child sex sting has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Originally charged with attempted first- and second-degree child rape, Kendrick Bradly Yallup-Littlebull, 24, pleaded ...

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. — Seven men were arrested in Grant County over the course of several days for accusations of sexual misconduct against minors. No children were put in harm's way of the accused men ...

A former fourth-grade teacher from central Washington — arrested as part of the local Net Nanny operation that captured 14 other men — was sentenced Monday to nearly five years in state prison over an ...

MOSES LAKE, Wash. — The first Grant County "Net Nanny" child exploitation case ended with a conviction on Thursday. According to a release from the Grant County Sheriff's Office (GCSO), Joshua Leonard ...

A Yakima judge has sentenced an Ellensburg man to nearly six years in prison for attempted child rape. This is one of six attempted child rape cases being prosecuted from the Net Nanny operation, a ...

An Olympia man has pleaded guilty to crimes connected to the Net Nanny sting operation that arrested 15 men who were seeking sexual relationships with minors. Aaron Michael Henderson, 32, of Olympia ...